Friday, December 7, 2012

Mama Cloth - Part 2

This style has a separate soaker pad and base that are sewn together after construction. You could also do something like a velcro-on removable pad with this construction method. That seems like too much of a pain to me though. ;)

For the soaker pad, I used easy to find fabrics this time. Wicking jersey stay-dry top (Joann Fabrics has it). 1 layer of cotton terry cloth. 2 layers of white flannel. This is a fairly heavy soaker pad.

Fabrics pinned together with the outsides facing in:

Now for your backing... This time I used antipill fleece and pink PUL.

The two parts pinned and ready to sew:

Sew around your backing pieces leaving just a turning hole:

Turn through your hole and top-stitch:

Underneath:

Sew or serge around your soaker fabrics leaving just a turning hole:

Turn through your hole:

Close up the hole with your top-stitching and add your wet-zone stitching:

Sew your soaker pad onto your backing with a fairly large zig-zag stitch over the edge:

7 comments:

I have a question: I made some very similar to this (just less absorbent, but I had a problem with leakage around the edges of the soaker pad because when I sewed the soaker pad on it pokes all the little holes in the PUL. I tried drying in the drier on hot to seal them...no luck. Advice?

Are you using 100% polyester thread and a small gauge and not worn needle? Other than that, I'd only suggest upping your absorbency a little. I haven't had any leaking problems, but I don't have very heavy flow.

I think I've figured out how to read the pattern, but would you mind putting some instructions with it please ? I think I have figured out that the 2 outer solid lines are for 2 different sizes. Is that right? I'm sorry, I'm new to the whole sewing thing.